Lot 418 Canada #34, 34ii, 35, 35i 1/2c-1c Intense Black, Dull Yellow & Bright Yellow Queen Victoria, 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue, 5 VG & Fine OG Singles Montreal & Second Ottawa Printings

5 VG & fine OG singles of the 1/2c-1c intense black, dull yellow & bright yellow Queen Victoria from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue Montreal & second Ottawa printings. The 1/2c includes a Montreal printing on the thick white vertical wove paper, a late Montreal printing in an intense black shade, on stout horizontal wove paper and a second Ottawa printing on vertical wove. This stamp has a shallow thin at the base, which reduces it grade to VG. The 1c includes a second Ottawa printing in dull yellow and a late Montreal printing in a brighter yellow.

Unitrade values this at $63. The stamps offered here grade 65, 60, 58 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/70, 40/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5 and 3/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10, 5/10

Adjustment for mentioned faults: -10 points.